Anambra: Probe begins as gunmen kill six

Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command says it has begun an investigation to apprehend the armed hoodlums who carried out separate attacks that killed no fewer than six persons in two communities in the state on Sunday.

PUNCH Metro gathered that some yet-to-be-ascertained armed assailants launched a brutal attack at St Andrews Anglican Church, Isiokwe, in the Lilu community of the Ihiala Local Government Area, in the early hours of Sunday, killing two persons, burning vehicles, and setting ablaze the cleric’s apartment and parts of the church building.

Our correspondent, who visited the church premises on Monday, gathered that the wife of the church priest was among the two persons killed, while others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The premises and surrounding area appeared deserted, with properties seen littering the place. Punch